Early Arrivals
These Scandinavian explorers are considered the first Europeans known to have reached North America.
Who are the Vikings
A major reason many colonists, such as the Pilgrims and Quakers, came to the New World.
What is religious freedom
The main negative result of the French and Indian War for Great Britain, leading them to tax the colonies.
What is going into debt
This 1765 act taxed printed materials like newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act
A 1770 event where British soldiers fired on a crowd of colonists; it was used as propaganda to turn public opinion against Britain.
What is the Boston Massacre
Founded in 1607, it was the first permanent English colony in North America.
What is Jamestown
This colony was founded by William Penn as a "holy experiment" for Quakers.
What is Pennsylvania
The French and Indian War was fought between Great Britain and this long-time European rival.
What is France
This secret group of colonial patriots led many protests, including the Boston Tea Party.
Who are the Sons of Liberty
The British law that required colonists to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act
This explorer led the Vikings to an area they called "Vinland."
Who is Leif Erikson
The three-part trade route that connected Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
What is the Triangular Trade
This formal, written agreement ended the French and Indian War in 1763.
What is the Treaty of Paris
This was the famous protest where colonists dumped chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party
A series of harsh laws passed by Britain to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts
Signed in 1620, this document created by the Pilgrims is a famous early example of self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact
This brutal journey across the Atlantic was the part of the Triangular Trade that forcibly transported enslaved Africans.
What is the Middle Passage
This royal decree stated that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763
The rallying cry used by colonists to argue that they shouldn't be taxed if they didn't have a voice in Britain's Parliament.
What is "No taxation without representation"
DAILY DOUBLE
One of the Intolerable Acts specifically targeted Boston's economy by doing this.
What is closing Boston Harbor
The Viking settlement of "Vinland" is located in this present-day Canadian province.
What is Newfoundland
This first representative assembly in Virginia was a model for other colonial legislatures.
What is the House of Burgesses
DAILY DOUBLE
This economic theory held that colonies existed to provide wealth and raw materials for the "mother country."
What is mercantilism
A general term for a citizens' army, comprised of non-professional soldiers who could be called upon to fight.
What is a militia
In 1774, delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met at this gathering to decide how to respond to the Intolerable Acts.
What is the First Continental Congress?